What are Power Lunch, Readers Are Leaders and StoryTime?
• Power Lunch is a read-aloud program in which volunteers are paired one-on-one with Title I public elementary school children. Volunteers visit their students at schools close to their work places for one lunch hour a week. Power Lunch reading partners share good books, conversation and good times. Everybody Wins! DC currently operates Power Lunch in 14 schools in Washington D.C., Montgomery County, MD and Arlington, VA. • Readers Are Leaders matches older and younger students for paired reading in communities where adult volunteers are not available. Readers Are Leaders teaches older students leadership skills and provides them with opportunities to build their self-esteem. At the same time, it gives younger students a positive role model in their own schools and lets them enjoy the attention of one-on-one reading time. • StoryTime brings storytellers to Title I public elementary schools that are not served by Power Lunch or Readers Are Leaders. Once a month, storytellers, local auth
